The World Affairs Council, Peninsula Chapter, and the Los Altos Library invite the community to a talk by Mark Bevir, “Will the UK Lean Toward the US or Europe?” 7:30-9 p.m., May 18, at the Los Altos main library, 13 S. San Antonio Road. Refreshments will be served 7-7:30 p.m.

The new Labour Party has risen from a long period of uncertainty to become the natural leading party in the United Kingdom, while the Conservative party is now in the electoral wilderness. Bevir, a professor of political science at UC Berkeley, will discuss the factors leading to this transformation as well as the major issues in this month’s general election.

The election and resulting leadership in Parliament will determine the direction in which the United Kingdom will move.

For more information on the talk, call the Los Altos Library at 948-7683 or the World Affairs Council at (415) 293-4600, or log on to www.santaclaracountylib.org/losaltos/ or www.itsyourworld.org.